Why fighter pilots wear a Typhoon Grin

Posted at: Sat Apr 1st, 2006

To say that the RAF's new fighter accelerates faster than a Formula 1 car is to sell it very short indeed. For the first 700ft of take-off, the comparison seems apt, but then 40,000lb of rear thrust put the aircraft into a vertical ascent that feels like being in the Space Shuttle and...

Giant missile defense radar leaves Pearl Harbor for Alaska

Posted at: Sat Apr 1st, 2006

HONOLULU -- The U.S. military's most powerful missile defense radar set sail from Pearl Harbor on Friday for its new base in Alaska. The Sea-Based X-Band Radar, which stands about as tall as a 28-story building when mounted on a converted oil platform, stopped in Hawaii in January for...

'IAF to send a request for 126 aircraft within one to two weeks'

Posted at: Sat Apr 1st, 2006

Keeping in view the changing geo-economic situation, the Indian Air Force is expanding its reach to protect its areas of interest and sending request for proposal to acquire 126 new aircraft, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi has said.

New Fighter Jet Arrives at Hill Air Force Base

Posted at: Sat Apr 1st, 2006

The Air Force's fighter of the future is in Utah. The F-22A Raptor came to Hill Air Force base for modification on Friday from Langley, Virginia. The jet gets an adjustment to its night refueling light. The base is the maintenance depot for the...

Brazilian pioneer docks in space

Posted at: Sat Apr 1st, 2006

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the first Brazilian into space has docked with the International Space Station two days after lift-off from Baikonur. Lt Col Marcos Pontes will spend nine days on board, while a Russian and a US colleague accompanyin...